This Bone is usually broken by falls, and sinks into the inside; so that to reduce it, the Fore-finger of one Hand is to be put into the Anus or Fundament as far as the
Fracture, to thrust it back again into its place, whilst the other Hand setleth it on the outside.
The Dressing and Bandage.
Are the same with those in the Fracture of the Os Sacrum; but the Patient must be oblig'd to lie on one side, and to sit in a perforated Chair, when he hath a mind to rise.
If the Os Innominatum be broken, the Spica is to be us'd after it hath been dress'd, of which Bandage we have given an Account in the Fracture of the Clavicle.
C H A P. X.
Of the Fracture of the Humerus or Arm-Bone.
To set this Bone, a strong Extension is to be made, if the two ends cross one another, to which purpose the Patient is to be plac'd on a little Stool or Seat, and supported by a Servant, two other Assistants being employ'd to draw, one at the upper-part, and the other at the lower, above the Elbow, and not beneath it. In the mean time the Operator reduceth the two Bones, by closing 'em on all sides with the Palms of his Hands, and afterward prepareth